Brush suspending device



May 10, 1932. R. c. SEYFORTH BRUSH SUSPENDING DEVICE Filed July 12, 192.9

flvfiwrom' Patented May 1 0,. I932 mire STATES ROME G. SEYFORTI-I, F

HASTINGS, MINNESOTA BRUSH SUSPENDINGHDEVICE Appdication filed July 12,

My invention relates to a device for preserving or prolonging the usefulness of brushes such as paint brushes in general, including brushes used for painting, varnishing or similar purposes. The object of the invention is to provide a simple, efiicient and inexpensive device applicable tostandard containers with large openings, said device having means for suspending a brush in upright position with its bristles within the container and immersed in a liquid, as hereinafter fully set forth and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Fig. 1 is a top view of my device in operative position on the top end of a container, the latter being a glass jar of the well known type used for preserving purposes.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1 but showing my brush suspending device in section as on line 22 in Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and 4 are top views of two modified brush suspending devices and Fig. 5 is a side or edge view of any of the type of my device shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, but having a $5 threaded flange to lit a corresponding threaded opening of a container.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of atransparent container and a paint brush therein and immersed in a liquid, in the manner hitherto common in keeping a paint brush soft and pliable between periods of use.

Referring to the drawings by reference 1 letters, my device comprises slmply and preferably a plain sheet metal cover A of prede termined diameter and having the perimetral flange A2, the latter preferably plain but may be formed with threads A3 to allow the cover to be screwed on the correspondingly threaded mouth B2 of acontainer B. Said container may be of any suitable size and is illustrated as one of the wellknown glass pre-- serving jars in wide use.

The web of my cover is provided with an elongated aperture C preferably diametriform as shown clearly in Fig. 1. In Fig. 3 the said aperture is widest at the center ofthe web and tapered toward both ends at the perimeter of the cover, being designated C2. C3 designates a like aperture, in dotted lines,

cally in the said web and quadrangular in 1929} Serial no. 377,903. c

at right angles to'the'aperture C 2 In Fig. 4; the aperture C4 is diametrical but tapered "from one side of the cover web in a continuoustaper to the opposite side.

' D in Figs. 1 and 2 is a paint brush of the ji usual type having the bristles E and its handle of the irregular shape usually made a about as shown narrowing just above the bristles and then widened thereabove and tapered to its top end, D2 in Fig. 6 designates 1 1 a brush of the type known as a pencil brush in which the handle is comparatively straight and round in cross section and about the size and proportion of a pencil. The type of brush shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is fiat, the handle being in a common plane, ,flatwise, withthe bristles.

In the use ofmy brush suspending device, after a brush has been used and is tobe put awayfor a time, the handle end of the brush in inserted upwardly through the aperture C as indicated in dotted lines D3 in Fig. 1 until the narrow part of the handle is in the aperture. Then the brush is given a quarter turn and released, being suspended by the cover when its widened handle part above the neck of the brush engages opposite sides of the aperture. Then the cover member A is placed concentric over the receptacle opening and the bristlepart of the brush will hang suspended within the receptacle as clearly shown in'Fig. 2. I i

The receptacle is partly or nearly full of any suitable liquid L, water, turpentine, gasoline or kerosene being the usual liquids in which paint brushes are immersed. \Vhen the brush is thus suspended in a liquid it isobvious that the bristles remain in desirable condition, and any paint, or particles of foreign matter in the brush. will loosen in the 9 liquid andsettle to the. bottom of the receptacle. This sediment is designated S in Figs. 2 and 6. Compared to this condition the brush D2 (Fig. 6) with its bristles supporting it on the receptacle bottom and remaining'in the sediment S'theI-advantage .ofrmy device is. obvious. V f V 1 v The tapered apertures C2, C3 and C4 of Figs. 3 and i are mere variations or modifications of the rectangular aperture C of Figs.

' 1 and 2, but have the additional feature that either a brush handle such as shown in Fig. 2 or a round brush handle D2 may be inserted at the wide part of the aperture and then slipped toward the small end thereof until the handle is frictionally engaged therein, as from lower dotted position D2 in Fig. 4: to the upper dotted position.

' My cover may be made with various modifications, for example a large cover may have two or more apertures either quadrangular "or tapered, or crossed apertures as indicated by C3 in Fig. 3, or two or more kinds of said apertures in one cover, all Within the scope of my invention.

It is'nowolearlfy disclosed that with a-brush having its bristles retained suspended in a 'I' claim:

liquid in a receptacle the said brush is free of sediment and its bristles always in perfect condition and in readiness for use at any time. 7W

.1. In a brush suspending device right receptacle provided with a removable cover with a web normally in horizontal plane brush suspending means consisting of said cover belng provided with elongated aperture means. formed 1n 1ts weba'nd of a form to allow insertion of the bristle. end i of a brush freely 'therethrough, downwardly,

and further to'engage the brush handle frictionally and suspend the said bristle part within the receptacle. a r s 12. In a brush suspending device for an upright receptacle provided with a removable cover with a web normally in horizontal plane; brush suspending means consisting of said cover being provlded wlth elongated aperture means'formed'in lts web and of'a *form toallo'winsertion of the bristle end -'o;l:'

a brush .free'ly therethroiigh, downwardly,

an'd fur'ther to engage the brushhandle"frictionally and suspend the said 'bristle part 7 within the receptacle, ,said' aperture b'eing tapered with straight-sides.

"3. .In a brush suspending device fo'r anupright receptacle provided with a rei'novable covertwith a web'normally in horizontal plane; brushsuspending'meansconsisting of sa d cover being prov ded with elongated ,apertureImeans formed in its web and of a r form to allowinsertion of the bristle end of I a brush freely 'therethrough, downwardly,

and further to engage the brush handle'frictionally and suspend the said bri'stle part within the receptacle, said aperture int'he 7 Web of the. cover being elongated" anaemmetral, and tapered outwardly. approximately from" the center of described.

' Ini'testimony K p V ROME G. SEYFORTH;

for an upthe cover, asshown and C whereof 'I aflix my signature. v 

